Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Course Descriptions
Faculty | Major | Minor | Course Descriptions | Other
Departments
ELEC 104 Engineering Fundamentals I
1 Credit Hour
Required of electrical engineering freshmen.
An introduction to the engineering profession, branches and functions of engineering,
professional ethics, and the role of engineers in society. Fundamentals of engineering
problem solving and the use of calculators and computers as tools to aid in problem
solving.
Lecture: one hour.Laboratory: one hour.
ELEC 105 Engineering Fundamentals II
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 104 or consent of the department head. Required of electrical
engineering freshmen.
Continuation of Engineering Fundamentals I to include the introduction of subject areas
common to most engineering disciplines, such as mechanics, energy, engineering economy,
electrical theory, and material balance. Introduction to the design process to include
preliminary design team exercises.
Lecture: two hours.
ELEC 201 and ELEC 202 Electric Circuit Analysis I
and II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites for ELEC 201: ELEC 104, ELEC 105, MATH 131; prerequisite or corequisites:
PHYS 210/260, ELEC 206.
Prerequisites for ELEC 202: MATH 132 with a grade of C or better in ELEC 201;
prerequisites or corequisites: ELEC 204, ELEC 206
Required of electrical engineering sophomores.
Basic electrical elements and sources, Ohm's and Kirchoff's Laws, techniques of DC circuit
analysis, sinusoidal analysis and phasors, power and three-phase circuits, and transient
response of imple circuits.
Lecture: three hours, two semesters.
ELEC 204 Electrical Laboratory 1
Credit Hour
Prerequisites or corequisites: ELEC 202 or ELEC 308, ELEC 206
Required of electrical engineering sophomores.
An introduction to the experimental method. Laboratory exercises are designed to
supplement the material presented in ELEC 201 and ELEC 202.
Laboratory: two hours.
ELEC 206 Computer Applications for Electrical Engineers
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: ELEC 201 or ELEC 308
Required of electrical engineering sophomores.
The computer is presented as a tool for the solution of electrical engineering problems.
High level language programming of computers; the use of application programs such as
SPICE for the study of electrical circuits in the time and frequency domains; data
manipulation, data plotting, and equation solving using application programs such as
MATLAB.
Lecture: three hours
ELEC 301 Linear Circuits Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite: ELEC 204 and corequisite: ELEC 309
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
A laboratory course to accompany ELEC 309.
Laboratory: two hours.
ELEC 302 Electrical Machinery Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite or corequisite: ELEC 316
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
A laboratory course to accompany ELEC 316.
Laboratory: two hours.
ELEC 306 Electronics I 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 204, ELEC 206 with a grade of C or better in ELEC 202; prerequisite or
corequisite: ELEC 313
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
Characteristics of solid-state devices, theory and design of low-frequency amplifiers,
transistor biasing and stabilization, design of multistage and feedback amplifiers, and
digital circuits.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 307 Nuclear Engineering 3
Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHYS 222/272
An introduction to the theory and application of nuclear energy. Topics include fission
and the chain reaction; nuclear fuels; nuclear reactor principles, concepts, examples,
construction, operation, and ecological impact; heat transfer and fluid flow; radiation
hazards and shielding; nuclear propulsion; and controlled fusion.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 308 Elements of Electrical Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 132
Required of civil engineering juniors.
Fundamental electrical concepts and units; basic laws of electrical circuits; equivalent
circuits; DC and steady-state AC circuit analysis; and effective current, average power,
and three-phase power.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 309 Linear Circuit Analysis 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 204, ELEC 206, MATH 234, and a grade of C or better in ELEC 202;
prerequisites or corequisites: ELEC 301 and MATH 335
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
The study of continuous and discrete systems utilizing Laplace and z-transform theory.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 311 Digital Logic and Circuits
3 Credit Hours
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
Introduction to Boolean algebra; digital data coding; digital arithmetic; design of
combinational and sequential circuits; design, construction and evaluation of digital
circuits using industry-standard digital integrated circuits.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 312 Systems I 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 309, ELEC 301
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
An introduction to feedback control systems, system representation, stability, root-locus
and frequency response, and compensation.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 313 Electronics Laboratory 1
Credit Hour
Prerequisites: ELEC 204, ELEC 206, and a grade of C or better in ELEC 202.
Corequisite: ELEC 306
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
Experimental studies coordinated with the subjects introduced in ELEC 306.
Laboratory: two hours.
ELEC 316 Electromechanical Energy Conversion
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 309 or consent of the department head; prerequisite or corequisite:
ELEC 302
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
Analysis of transformers; fundamentals of electromechanical energy conversion; and study
of DC, induction, and synchronous machines.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 318 Electromagnetic Fields 3
Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 204, ELEC 206, PHYS 222/272, MATH 234, MATH 335, and a grade of C or
better in ELEC 202.
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
Static and magnetic fields; experimental laws and their relation to Maxwell's equations;
Laplace and Poisson's equations; boundary value problems; and time varying fields, plane
waves, and transmission line phenomena.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 330 Digital Systems Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 311
Required of electrical engineering juniors.
Characteristics, specifications, and design of digital systems; analysis and synthesis of
sequential circuits; microprocessor interfacing. Design project required.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 401 Electronics II 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 306 and ELEC 313
Ideal and non-ideal operational amplifiers, active filters, comparators, and
characteristics and applications of modern linear and digital integrated circuits.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 403 Electric Power Systems
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 206, ELEC 316, and ELEC 318
A study of electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution; load flow, faults,
and system stability; and system economics. Design project required.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 405 Electrical Measurements 2
Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Any two 300-level electrical engineering laboratory courses; prerequisite or
corequisite: ELEC 415.
Precision methods of measuring electromotive force, resistance, current, inductance,
capacitance, and dissipation factor; analysis of instrumentation circuits; design of
experiments; analysis of experimental data.
Lecture: two hours.
ELEC 407 Systems II 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 312
A continuation of Systems I with primary emphasis on digital control systems. Topics
include state-variable analysis, simulation techniques, controllability, state-variable
feedback, observability, and state estimator design.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 412 Applied Probability and Statistics for
Engineers 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: MATH 231, ELEC 309.
Required of all electrical engineering majors.
Application of the theory of probability and statistics in modeling random phenomena and
signals; in the calculation of system responses; and in making estimates, inferences and
decisions in the presence of chance and uncertainty. Applications will be studied in areas
such as communications, power systems, device modeling, measurements, reliability and
quality control.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 413 Advanced Topics in Electrical
Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Advanced topics in electrical engineering. Offered occasionally when the special interests
of students and faculty coincide. The syllabus must be approved by the Electrical
Engineering Faculty. This course may be taken only once for credit.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 414 System Simulation 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 312
An introduction to system concepts, mathematical models of systems, and simulation methods
applied to a broad range of systems. Design project required.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 415 Electrical Measurements Laboratory
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite or corequisite: ELEC 405
A laboratory course to complement ELEC 405.
Laboratory: two hours.
ELEC 416 Communications Engineering
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 330, ELEC 306, ELEC 312, and ELEC 318
Principles of amplitude, frequency, and pulse modulation; signal flow and processing in
communications systems; and analog and digital communication systems.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 418 Advanced Digital Systems
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 311, ELEC 330
Experience in advanced digital design techniques and exposure to the development tools
used in the design of advanced digital systems. Topics include the design of digital
systems using VHDL, industry standard FPGA devices and software, and microprocessor
hardware components.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 419 Computer Network Architecture
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 311, ELEC 330
This course will cover network architectures and protocols. Included are transmission
technologies, encoding/decoding schemes, packet switching, frame relay, ISDN, ATM and
performance modeling techniques.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 421 Design I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 302, ELEC 306, ELEC 312, ELEC 316, ELEC 330, and ELEC 318
Required of electrical engineering seniors.
A study of the engineering design process; establishment of objectives and evaluation
criteria, analysis, synthesis, construction, testing, and evaluation. Exercises in design,
documentation, and reporting. Development of a proposal for a major design project for
ELEC 422, Design II.
Lecture: one hour; laboratory: four hours.
ELEC 422 Design II 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 421
Required of electrical engineering seniors.
Implementation, documentation, and reporting on a major design project. Normally to be
accomplished by students working in small groups. All students will make written and oral
presentations on their contributions to the project.
Lecture: one hour; laboratory: four hours.
ELEC 423 Digital Signal Processing
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ELEC 312
Introduction to the characteristics, design, and applications of discrete time systems.
Continuous time and discrete time Fourier Transforms. FIR and IIR Systems. Design of FIR
and IIR filters. Design of Chebyshev and Butterworth filters. Introduction to the
TMS320C25 Digital Signal Processor.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 424 Solid-State Devices 3
Credit Hours
Prerequisites: MATH 335, ELEC 306, and ELEC 318
Basic principles governing the operation of solid-state devices are developed from
fundamental concepts. P-N junction theory is developed and applied to the analysis of
devices such as bipolar transistors, solar cells, detectors, and photo devices. The theory
of field-effect devices is developed.
Lecture: three hours.
ELEC 426 Antennas and Propagation
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 318 and MATH 335
Transmission, radiation, and propagation of electromagnetic waves by means of transmission
lines, waveguides, optical fibers, and antennas. Design project required.
Lecture: three hours.
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